Daniel L. Daniels

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For three decades, Dan has dedicated himself to counseling families in preserving wealth from generation to generation. His clients include affluent individuals, family offices, business owners, C-suite executives and private equity and hedge fund founders. He assists them in estate and business planning, trust and estate administration, probate litigation, and more.

Dan has been named by Worth magazine as one of the top 100 trust lawyers in the United States. He is one of six trust and estate lawyers in Connecticut ranked in Band 1 by the international ranking service Chambers and Partners. Dan is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers has also named Dan its Lawyer of the Year for the Stamford area in the category of trusts and estates.

Dan recently helped save a family $75 million in estate taxes, helped defend a multimillion-dollar trust from divorce claims, and helped to guide a venerable family business through complex succession issues to a fourth generation.

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Wiggin and Dana’s Private Client Services team is recognized by the National Law Review as a 2021 Go-To Thought Leader for their estate and wealth planning expertise. Wiggin and Dana's team provided insights on estate tax changes with the Biden administration, innovative wealth planning options, and spousal lifetime access trusts, which were all hot topics in 2021. Some contributors include Michael T. Clear, Veronica R.S. Bauer, Robert W. Benjamin, Daniel L. Daniels, Helen C. Heintz and Leonard Leader.

 

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